Thread: TL9 Spaceships
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:51 PM   #11
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Default Re: TL9 Spaceships

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding View Post
Yeah, but then we are back to the "abstract space-faring civilization" that the OP isn't asking about. The political status quo of Earth as it is simply doesn't care about space travel and is pathologically afraid of nuclear reactors.
No, Western countries are pathologically afraid of nuclear reactors.

I could see Japan, China, India or Russia all deciding to use nuclear pulse, altho Japan probably wouldn't use it in atmo...they (the Japanese) would most likely use laser-launch to boost anything to orbit, and then light off the drives.
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